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TI-2015-00225 Aliases CVE-2015-0257GHSA-7944-mp99-q983

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager before 3.5.1 uses weak permissions on…

Priority LOW 11CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager before 3.5.1 uses weak permissions on the directories shared by the ovirt-engine-dwhd service and a plugin during service startup, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00383 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.5.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2015:0888 Released 2015-04-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.5.1 update
    • RHEV-M 3.5 rhevm-3.5.1-0.4.el6ev, rhevm-backend-3.5.1-0.4.el6ev, rhevm-dbscripts-3.5.1-0.4.el6ev +14

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEV-M 3.5Fixed RHSA-2015:0888

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-0257
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7944-mp99-q983

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-06436 A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-06271 redhat-support-plugin-rhev in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2018-00992 Sensitive information in log files in [UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine-setup CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-00207 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager before 3.5.1 ignores the permission to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2014-02897 The oVirt Engine backend module, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2012-00796 The vds_installer in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1, when… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
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Sources

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